VR Download

David discusses:1. Play For Dream MR Is Getting Guy Godin's Virtual Desktop Next WeekSmart Glasses2. Google Teases Smart Glasses Demo For I/O Next Week3. Apple Is Reportedly Developing A Custom Chipset For Its Smart Glasses4. Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Can Now Be More Descriptive About What They SeevisionOS 35. Apple Vision Pro Will Be Able To Magnify, Describe, Find, Or Read Anything In View6. visionOS Is Getting Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Device Support7. visionOS 3 Will Reportedly Let You Scroll With Your Eyes8. Meta's AssetGen 2.0 AI Model Will Generate Higher-Quality 3D Assets, And Even Entire Worlds9. Pimax Delays 4K Per-Eye Dream Air & Announces Cheaper 2.5K Dream Air SE10. Samsung Unveils Advanced Micro-OLED Displays For "Next-Generation" Headsets11. As Horizon OS Advances, Developers Face Bugs & Performance RegressionAnd Ian joins to discuss:12. Meta CTO Says He And Mark Zuckerberg Are "True Believers" With "Actual Conviction"

Ian and David discuss:Meta Rebrands Quest+ Subscription To Horizon+Minecraft No Longer Officially Supports VRNext-Gen Meta Smart Glasses Set For 2026 Could Recognize Faces With Always-On AWhat An Apple Vision Pro Developer Learned Hiking 70 Miles Outdoors In a HeadsetA Developer Implemented Continuous Scene Meshing On Quest 3Hauntify On Quest 3 Will Use Lasertag's Continuous Scene Meshing

David & Ian discuss:Ray-Ban Meta Glasses App ChangeBigscreen Beyond 2 Shipping Delayed To JuneMotorola Phones Are Now Usable In Horizon OSMeta Employees Working Weekends To Ship HUD GlassesVarjo Teleport 2.0 "Best-In-Class" Photorealistic Scene CaptureLowe's Letting Customers Design Their Kitchen With Apple Vision ProQuest's Passthrough Camera API Can Now Be Used In Store AppsMeta Reality Labs Q1 Revenue Declined Due To Lower Quest Sales

David Heaney and Ian Hamilton discuss:1. Meta Horizon Desktop Editor Can Now AI Generate 3D Meshes & Textures2. Meta Now Sells Quest 3S Refurbished For $270Immersive Video3. Insta360 X5 Improves The Quality Of The Handheld 8K 360° Camera4. Horizon Worlds Now Supports 3D 180° Video For Events Like ConcertsSmart Glasses5. Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Now Translate Speech & Meta AI Is Now Available In Europe6. Google Showed Off Sleek Smart Glasses With A HUD At TED20257. Spacetop For Windows Brings Spatial Computing To Xreal Air 2 Ultra

David Heaney discusses:1. Sony Raises PS5 Console Price In Europe & Australasia2. Quest 3S Is $270 For The Next Two Weeks, A $30 Discount3. Trump Exempts Many Electronics From His "Reciprocal" Tariffs4. A Developer Got PlayStation VR2's HDR Partially Working On PC5. Nvidia's RTX 5060 Family Will Power Entry-Level PC VR From $3006. REK Wants To Let People Pilot Fighting Robots Using VR Headsets7. James Cameron: Headsets Solve The Problems Of 3D Cinema8. Demeo Now Supports Mixed Reality & Foveated Rendering On Apple Vision Pro9. Apple Vision Pro 2 Reportedly Cheaper & Lighter, Mac-Tethered Headset Coming Too10. Is This The Next Apple Vision Headset's Battery Cable?

David and Kyle discuss:Civilization VII VRPlayStation VR2's Eye Tracking Working On PCQuest 3 Winning Best Inflight Entertainment AwardQuest's Horizon OS v76DaVinci Resolve supporting editing Apple Immersive Videothe report claiming Apple Vision Pro 2 mass production has begunPico Motion Tracker Waist VersionHalf-Life: Alyx's first scene being ported to Quest 3 standalone via Unity

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss: - Will Nintendo Switch 2 Get VR?- Bigscreen Beyond 2 Still Selling Very Fast- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Getting Foveated Rendering- visionOS 2.4- Virtual Desktop's new macOS update- Meta Is Now The UFC Technology Partner, Including For Quest- Meta HUD Glasses Price, Features & Input Device- Will Trump's Tariffs Drive Up Headset Prices In The US?

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:VR Headset Prices Now Used To Measure UK InflationApple Reveals The Date It's Expected To Unveil visionOS 3Vivo Vision Looks Like A Blatant Apple Vision Pro CloneBigscreen Beyond 2 Selling Impressively Fast AlreadyPico 4 Ultra OS 5.13.0Inside The VR Holodeck That Sells Real EstateQuest v76 PTC Lets You Use Your Meta Avatar As A Virtual WebcamQuest Could Soon Let You Screenshare 2D WindowsIs Valve's Lack Of Investment In VR Excusable?Could Valve Deckard Use LCD Panels & A Quest-Like Chip?

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:Varjo XR-4 To Require Subscription For Some Features Metallica On Apple Vision ProQuest Thumb Microgestures & Improved Audio To ExpressionQuest Passthrough Camera APISnap Spectacles See Peridots Play Together & Now Use GPSLG Ceases XR Product Efforts, But Will Continue R&DMeta CTO Responds To Controversy Around Using "MR" To Mean Both MR And VRMeta's CTO Says He "Loved And Hoped To Keep" The Oculus BrandMeta Claims Open Store & Worlds Push Didn't Affect SpendingMeta Says Quest Headset Usage Up 30%Meta "Still Investing Massively In VR Gaming"Bigscreen Beyond 2 & Beyond 2e

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney talk for over three hours covering more than a dozen subjects in this week's episode:Samsung's Headset Could Launch In Q3, With A Very High PriceNiantic Sells Pokémon Go To Saudi Arabia To Fund Spatial AI TransitionGOLF+ Tests Tracking Your Real Putter Using Logitech's MX InkMajor Developers Are Already Using Quest's Passthrough APIMAGE Uses A Custom Engine To Drive 120 FPS Physics With Dynamic Shadows On Quest 3Meta To Recommend Using Unity & Unreal's Built-In OpenXR Support From Next WeekMeta: Suppliers "Heavily Pursuing" Producing "Wonder Material" Enabling Orion's Field Of ViewImmersed Now Says Visor Mass Production Will Begin "After Summer"VRChat Now Testing Drones, Dolly Cams And Desktop Webcam ModevisionOS 3 Will Reportedly Be A "Feature-Packed Release"Google Set To Acquire Ultra-Low-Power Eye Tracking Startup For Headsets & GlassesSteam Link App Seemingly Coming To Pico & HTC Vive Standalone HeadsetsD-Link VR Air Bridge No Longer Works In Windows 11 24H2Valve Working On "SteamVR Link Dongle" For Reliable Wireless PC VR

Kyle Riesenbeck and David Heaney discuss:- PlayStation VR2's Price Cut To $400- Apple's New Spatial Gallery Platform On Vision Pro- Yankee Stadium Friday Night Baseball Apple Immersive Video Coming In  - AMD RX 9070 & 9070 XT Graphics Cards Out Now- Aria Gen 2 Research Glasses- Meta Researchers Generate Photorealistic Avatars From Just Four Selfies- F2P Apps Now Account For 70% Of Time Spent On Quest- Meta Is Discontinuing Move, Quest's Fitness Tracking Feature- Inseye "Pauses" Lumi, Its Quest 2 & 3 Eye Tracking Addon- Meta's Unity & Unreal "OpenXR" SDKs Block Other PC VR Headsets- Meta Support Page Suggests Quest's Passthrough API Is Imminent- "Never Give Up", Meta CTO Responds To Leaked Memo Discourse- Samsung's Headset Will Reportedly Use Sony's New 4K Micro-OLED Displays

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:- HTC's Viverse Worlds- visionOS 2.4 Coming In April- First Feature-Length Apple Immersive Video Announced- Meta For Education Brings Quest To Schools & Universities- Valve Deckard This Year At $1200?- PlayStation VR2 Price Cut

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:- Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Production To Be Vastly Increased- The Highest Quality Immersive Video Yet- Anduril's EagleEye Helmet Will Give Soldiers Superhuman Senses- Quest v74 Brings Web Shortcuts, DisplayPort Out & More- PlayStation VR2 Hand Tracking Review- Horizon Now Has 'Fantastical Avatars', Including Captain America-  Potential Of Computer Vision For MR & AR- Meta Horizon Desktop Editor & Creator Fund

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:dbrand's "Trypophobic" Apple Vision Pro FaceplateTouchDesk On Apple Vision ProNBA Apple Vision Pro App's Tabletop ViewFirst PlayStation VR2 Game To Support Hand TrackingRay-Ban Meta Glasses Super Bowl Ads With A-List CelebritiesSideQuest & Meta DependencyAndroid XR Will Let Apps Access The Passthrough Camera ViewAnduril Taking Over The IVAS Program, Replacing HoloLensJohn Carmack's Comments On PC VR And Standalone VR

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:Apple & Sony Still Bringing PS VR2 Controllers To Vision ProApple Reportedly Cancels Mac-Connected AR GlassesQuest 1 No Longer Gets New App UpdatesOver 1 Million Ray-Ban Meta Glasses SoldQuest 3 & 3S SteamVR Usage Share GrowthMeta's Head Of Quest & Horizon OS Leaving The CompanyMeta CTO's Leaked MemoMeta's Shifting Priorities Affecting Developers

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney catch up on two weeks of VR news in this three-hour long episode covering:- GeForce Now Comes To Quest 3, Pico & Apple Vision Pro- VRChat Age Verification For VRC+ Subscribers- Shuhei Yoshida: "I'm Sorry I Was Wrong" About PS VR2 - Snap Now Offering Its AR Spectacles To Students & Educators - Meta Plans To Make Quest Scene Mesh Scans Update Automatically - Meta Reportedly Working On A Quest Pro Successor Again - Meta Reality Labs Achieves Its Highest Ever Quarterly Revenue- Meta Ray Ban & Oakley Smart Glasses Plans - Meta Orion Dev Kits? - Zuckerberg Teasing Major Horizon Worlds Upgrade - Mudra Link, An Alternative To Meta's Neural Wirstband - Apple's Newest Store Has A Dedicated Vision Pro Side Room - Apple Working On MicroLED Displays For AR Glasses - Google Acquires Some Of HTC Vive's Engineering Team - The First Look At Samsung's Android XR Headset

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Quest 3S outselling consoles, Meta removing Quest scoreboards app, Zuckerberg complimenting the Apple Vision Pro, a Sony standalone headset for enterprise and Play For Dream MR.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Sony's XYN standalone making an appearance at CES 2025 as well as the use of Quest headsets in a Florida courtroom, with much more covered in this super-long three-hour episode. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Meta's big sales for 2024 with Quest as well as the bricking issue that affected some headsets over the holiday.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney recap 2024.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discussing the PlayStation VR2 controllers potentially getting support for Apple Vision Pro and our first hands-on with Samsung's Android XR headset.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss PlayStation VR2 hand tracking, adult groups in VRChat, Quest 3S on Steam, and more.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the Valve Roy Controllers and latest deals for VR headsets.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:- Gracia Moving Volumetric Scenes Now On Quest 3 & Pico 4 Standalone- Working From Home With VR- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024- Apple Vision Pro F1 Spatial Viewer Lapz Forced To Pause TestFlight- Valve Deckard's Controllers

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:- Adapter To Use PSVR 1 On PS5 Discontinued- Headset Aesthetics & Public Use- Major Pico OS Update- Belkin Travel Bag For Apple Vision Pro- Compute Pucks, External Batteries, And Ultralight Headsets- Final Cut Pro Now Supports Editing Apple Spatial Videos- The Weeknd's Apple Immersive Music Video - Orion's AR Operating System Interface- Meta For Education Beta- Cheaper bHaptics Vests & Armbands

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:PlayStation 5 ProHorizon OS v71LIV Can Now Capture Standalone On QuestBelkin Apple Vision Pro Top StrapUltrawide Mac Virtual DisplayApple Glasses In 2027?Cheaper Apple Headset Delayed Beyond 2027?

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:- Bigscreen's Cloud Browser Brings Web Screenshare to Quest- Wolvic Chromium Adds WebXR AR- Meta's Reality Labs Revenue Rebound Continued In Q3- Horizon Hyperscape Now Available Outside The US- Steam Link For Quest Now Supports Hand Tracking- Meta Silently Increased Quest 3's GPU Clock Speed- PrismXR Made An Elegant Charging Dock For Apple Vision Pro- Apple Vision Pro Is Coming To The UAE & South Korea- Safari On visionOS Is Getting Support For Embedded Spatial Photos & Videos- Google Seems To Be Preparing The Play Store For Samsung's Headset

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the following subjects:- Gracia's Moving Dynamic Gaussian Splats- Bigscreen Beyond Shipping Within One Day- Meta Interaction SDK Now Supports Unreal And Non-Meta Headsets- Meta CTO Holds Wide Field Of View Prototype Headset In Photo- Meta Glasses Are The Top Selling Product In Many Ray-Ban Stores- Will Quest 4 Have Have Face & Eye Tracking?- NBA Games On Quest & Highlights On Apple Vision Pro- Vimeo Now Supports Spatial Videos- Apple Vision Pro Production Ending?

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the Meta Quest 3S launch, HTC Vive Focus Vision, reports of a less expensive Apple Vision headset for 2025 and much more.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Apple's first scripted production Submerged on Vision Pro, Godot, & Meta Quest Link updates.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Meta's CTO apologizing to Palmer Luckey, the end of Windows Mixed Reality, and much more.

Kyle Riesenbeck and David Heaney discuss Meta Connect 2024 and the prototype Orion glasses the company showed off.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the new Snap Spectacles glasses with Peridot experience, Quest 3S leaks and a fix for a PSVR 2 bug on PC in this pre-recorded episode. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss iPhone 16 getting spatial video capture, what the PS5 Pro means for, an F-16 simulator for training quickly training pilots, and much more.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Quest 3 now being used more on Steam than Valve Index, Pico 4 Ultra impressions and much more. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Meta's changing plans for future next-generation VR headset, the merger of Horizon store with App Lab and much more.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the Meta Quest HDMI Link, Pico 4 Ultra's launch in China and much more.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the arrival of true multitasking on Quest headsets in the latest v69 testing release for Horizon OS.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss PlayStation VR2 getting PC support and our impressions of the Varjo XR-4 headset. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Meta's acoustic raytracing technology, PlayStation VR2's major sale and much more. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss a Quest 3S leaked image, better Quest 3 occlusion, a new Vive teased by HTC and Somnium VR1 impressions.

Meta's CTO talked about the features of a VR headset from the next decade while possible timelines for Quest 4 and Quest Pro 2 are revealed alongside the incoming Samsung Android XR headset.

David Heaney discusses Quest 3's first sale and boundary-free mixed reality in this extra-short pre-recorded episode. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the Pico store opening up, Surreal Touch VR controllers for Apple Vision Pro in this rare pre-taped episode of VR Download recorded on July 3 and published on July 4, 2024.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Quest 2 going out of stock in the United States, LIV becoming the official third-person capture tool for Quest, Palmer Luckey's military headset, and much much more in this mega episode that's nearly four hours long.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss visionOS 2's key improvements for Apple Vision Pro and much more in this episode.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss the Quest 3S leak, a PSVR 2 PC adapter, Quest 3 passthrough getting fixed and much more.

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss Oculus Go's super-death, top-tier VR games arriving on Apple Vision Pro, and Windows volumetric apps.

Kyle Riesenbeck and David Heaney discuss LG's next-generation 4K micro-OLED display, Meta's latest Quest feature hints in v66 and more. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney meet this week to discuss Quest getting a travel mode, app lab content no longer being hidden and much more in this extra-long episode. 

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney meet this week to discuss Apple Vision Pro enterprise comments and rumors surrounding a lighter model.